Button.



L. W. WEBBER.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILE-p MAR. 31. I917.

1,633 I Patented July 10, 191?.

LOKEN WEBBER nivrrnn erase rarnrwr enric LOREN W. WEBBER, OF lViI'lCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BUTTON.

Application filed March 31, 1917.

the two margins of the garment .are linked together, instead of being-overlapped and buttoned by a button attached to'one margin and fastened to a button-hole on the opposite margin.

An object of this invention is to provide a button of this character having a shank so formed that it may be inserted through a button-hole on a garment and will clamp against the material at the margin of the butt-on-hole, and having a flexible link attached to the button itself and adapted to be looped over a button on the opposite margin of the garment.

And a further object is to provide a construction of this kind in which this loop or link may be shortened or lengthened, as desired, by turning the loop around the shank of the button to shorten it or by carrying the loop straight from the button across to the button on the opposite margin to have it full length.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing how my improved button is used;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the button showing in dotted lines one manner of shortening the loop Fig. 3 is an inside face view of the button;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the button in applied position, the garment being shown in section and the link or loop being shown extended;

Fig. 5 is a. like view to Fig. 4, but showing another manner in which the loop may be disposed around the shank to shorten it.

Referring to these figures, 10 designates a button of any suitable conformation or character, and having extending from its rear face a shank 11, which shank is bent i around in a curve and terminates in a head 13, this head being disposed between the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Serial No. 158,966.

point where the shank joins the center of the button 10 and the margin of the button. I have shown-this head 18 as being formed by bending the extremity of the shank into asmall circle, but I do not wish to be limited to :this. button, between the shank 11 and the margin of the button, is an eye 14 and attached to this eye, in any suitablemanner, is a loop or link 15, formed of any flexible material, such assilk cord, or the like, which is knotted .and passed through the eye.

Attached to the inside face of the That portion of the shank 11 which is bent I transversely to the axis of the button may be slightly resilient and the head 13 is dis posed relatively close to the inner face of the button, so that when the shank is inserted through a button-hole 16, formed in the margin 1'? of a coat, or other garment, the material surrounding the button-hole will be clamped between the member 13 and the face of the button, as illustrated clearly in Fig. 4:. Thus the button will be securely icld in engagement with the garment but will look from the front like an ordinary button. The loop 15 may'then be engaged with thebutton 18 on the opposite margin of the coat, in the usual manner of these loop links. In order to bring the margins of the garment nearer to each other, the loop 15 may be carried around the shank, as illustrated in Fig. 2, or as shown in Fig. 5.

It will be seen that the loop may be shortened or lengthened without removing the button from the button-hole by simply passing the loop around the base of the shank 11 to shorten it or reversing the operation to lengthen this loop. Furthermore, it will be seen that the shank 11 is outwardly curved from its point of attachment to the button, so that the loop will be held snugly against the inner face of the button, when the loop is passed around the shank, as in Fig. 5. It will be also noted that in attaching the head of the button to the coat, the head of the button does not have to be passed through the button-hole at any time. All that is necessary is to set the shank through the button-hole, and then press the button laterally until the material at the margin of the button-hole is clamped between the head 13 of the shank and the rear face of the button.v This clamping action is assisted by the eye 14, but I do not wish to be limited to the use of this eye, as the loop 15 might be attached to the button at its inner end,

in any suitable manner. It will be seen that this button may be attached to any coat in order to provide a loop whereby the coat, while held snug to the body, will not be buttoned tightly around the body and that it may be made ornamental or plain as V engaging it over the end of the shank, while in Fig. 5 the two strands of the loop are simply carried around the shank 11. This shortens the loop considerably. 7

. This button is adapted for sack coats,

golf coats, spring over coats, ladies coats,

and all kinds of sport coats for the reasons statedin the beginning of this description, and is particularly advantageous inasmuch as it may be used with any garment having a button-hole on one flap and a coacting but- J ton on the other flap. It will be seen that the shank does not clamp merely on the margin of the button-hole, but that the material of the cap extends clear up to the curve of the shank where the shank is put in place through the button-hole. While I prefer to have the shank 11 resilient, it is not absolutely necessary, as thereis a clamp 'ing engagement between the extremity of the shank and the protuberant eye 14:, even though the shank be non-resilient. It .is to be noted that this button has a number of advantages over the button illustrated in my Patent No. 1,202,254, and particularly in thatthe loop 15 is not attached to the eye 13, but to the body of the button on the inner face thereof. This permits the loop to extend across the outer face of the garment and at the same time be either shortened or lengthened, whereas with the original construction, this is impossible, without the loop being brought across the edge of the button-hole and, therefore, acting to bind on this edge and wrinkle the coat adjacent the button-hole. It furthermore permits the flexible loop 15 to be shortened or lengthened, without removing the button from the button-hole by simply looping the flexible loop or link over the head of the button, in the manner described. At the same time, if it be desired to carry the loop 15 inside of i the coat or garment, the loop 15 may be carried around the shank, as illustrated in Fig. 5, and then the loop passed through the eye 13 formed on the extremity of the shank, thus permitting the loop to be carried along on the inside face of the gar- (iopies of this patent may be obtained for ment. Ordinarily, however, the loop or link 15 will notbe used in this manner, but will be disposed upon the front of the garment. It will be seen that in the construction illustrated in my previous patent above referred to, this was impossible without shortening the loop to an extent which would render the device of relatively little value.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A button of the character-described comprising a head, a clamp mounted upon the rear face of the head and adapted to engage the material around the button-hole,

said clamp including a shank extending pera pendicularly from the head, and a flexible loop attached to the rear. face of the head and adapted to be carried around the shank.

2. A button of the character described havin a head. a shank of resilient material extending from and attached to the rear face of the head, bent outward and laterally in a curve and bent inward toward the inner face of the head and adapted to resiliently clamp against the material at the margin of a button-hole, and a flexible loop attached to the inner face of the button head.

3. A button of the character described having a clamping member mounted upon the rear face of the button and adapted to clamp against the inner face of the margin of a button-hole, an eye mounted upon the inner face of the button, and a flexible loop attached to said eye.

4;. A button of the character described having a clamping member mounted upon the rear face of the button and adapted to clamp against the inner face of the margin of a button-hole, an eye mounted upon the inner face of the button, and a flexible loop having its ends passed through the eye and knotted to prevent the withdrawal of the loop from the eye. a

5. A button of the character described having a head, a shank extending from and attached to the rear face of the head bent laterally and outwardly in a curve and then F. G. DRAKE, H. E. BJEDSTOUP.

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